Susan Wakefield

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Susan Mary Wakefield (née Lojkine) QSO is a tax expert from New Zealand.[1]

Wakefield completed a PhD in Russian at the University of Canterbury in 1968. She then trained in accountancy, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975, and worked as an accountant. In 1979 she became a partner at the international accountancy firm Peat Marwick. In 1987 she resigned and co-founded a specialist tax practice.[1] In 1987 and 1988 she served on a consultative committee for the Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) to review New Zealand's international tax regime.[2]

Wakefield has held a number of directorships including Director and Deputy Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and chairman of the Commerce Commission from 1989 to 1994.[3] In 2000, she was part of a three-person Ministerial Inquiry into the electricity industry.[3] Wakefield was the founding chair of the University of Canterbury Foundation, a registered charitable trust which supports the university.[1]

Honours and awards[]

Wakefield was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1993 New Year Honours.[4] Also in 1993, she was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[5] In 2006, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in commerce from the University of Canterbury.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Susan Wakefield | University of Canterbury". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Chapter 1 - Introduction | Tax Policy, Inland Revenue". taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Ministerial Inquiry into the Electricity Industry". The Beehive. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ "No. 53154". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 30.
  5. ^ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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